Low temperature behavior of the heavy fermion Ce3Co4Sn13
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The compound Ce3Co4Sn13 is an extremely heavy cubic heavy fermion system with a low temperature electronic specific heat of order 4 J=molK. If the compound is nonmagnetic, it would be one of the heaviest nonmagnetic Ce-based heavy fermions reported to date and therefore would be expected to lie extremely close to a quantum critical point. However, a broad peak of unknown origin is observed at 0.8K in the specific heat and magnetic susceptibility, suggesting the possibility of antiferromagnetic order. We present neutron diffraction data from polycrystalline samples which do not show any sign of magnetic scattering below 0.8K. In addition, we present inelastic neutron scattering data from a single crystal sample which is consistent with the 1.2K energy scale for Kondo spin fluctuations determined from specific heat measurements. r 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 75.30.M; 20.40.D; 78.70.N
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